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Released
2003 · FILM

Daddy Day Care

Two laid‑off fathers launch a chaotic home daycare to provide for their families, only to battle a slick corporate rival threatening to shut them down and ruin their newfound purpose.

“Who's your daddy?”

Directed by
Steve Carr, Marisa Ferrey
Written by
Geoff Rodkey
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
92 min
ComedyFamily

Synopsis

Two men lose their jobs and are forced to become stay-at-home fathers when they are unable to find new employment, which leads them to start their own daycare business.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 225+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Christopher GreenburyShot by Steven PosterScored by David NewmanDesigned by Garreth StoverSound by Chuck BuchStunts by Manny PerryVFX by Mark Dornfeld

Box Office

2003 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$164.4M

Budget$60.0M
Worldwide gross$164.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $104.3M — 63% of worldwide · International: $60.1M (37%)

Opening weekend: $27.6M — 26% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $32.2M — 31% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,370 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Kindergarten Daddyde
  • École paternellefr
  • L'asilo dei papàit
  • (Bulgarian)Таткова градина
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesMay 4, 2003
  • BrazilJun 20, 2003
  • MexicoJun 20, 2003
  • AustraliaJun 26, 2003

Companies

ProductionRevolution Studios, Davis Entertainment, Day Care Productions
DistributionColumbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing, Columbia Tristar Films of India, SF Studios Norge, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Special effectsPacific Title, Pacific Vision Productions, Custom Film Effects
Other companiesMiramax, Andersen Press, BT Industrial Supply, Central Casting, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Chef Robért Catering

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